IBN Lokmat turns one year old

Media News

Mumbai, March 27, 2009

India’s contemporary and highly inclusive Marathi news channel IBN Lokmat successfully completes one year on the auspicious day of Gudi Padwa. Since its inception a year back, IBN Lokmat has always been in news for its outstanding performance and unmatched commitment to providing unbiased news. Even before completing its first year as a Marathi news channel, IBN Lokmat won the first ever ‘Sanskriti Darpan Gaurav Award 09’ for the Best Marathi News Channel while Nikhil Wagle, Editor IBN Lokmat won the Best News Anchor award. IBN Lokmat was also conferred with ‘Ma.Ta-Sanman 2009(instituted by Maharashtra Times) for ‘Reportaaz’ in the Best Program category and Dipti Raut also received Best Anchor for the above program.

IBN Lokmat is very comprehensive in its approach and adopts unique concepts like Citizen Journalism. The programmes shown are very informative and interactive. All means of interactivity like Internet, voice, sms are used which helps them to have a holistic blend of news. IBN Lokmat never restricts its news to Mumbai alone; it has the highest number of regional bureaus with highly motivated multimedia video journalists around Maharashtra. IBN Lokmat’s very famous programme ‘Great Bhet’ had famous personalities like Sachin Tendulkar, Aamir Khan, and Ashok Chavan (after becoming the Chief Minister) first time being interviwed by Marathi news channel.

On the occasion of 1st anniversary of IBN-Lokmat Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN18 Network said, "It was on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa last year, when we launched and today we are elated on celebrating the 1st anniversary of IBN-Lokmat. We wish to thank our viewers for the trust they have bestowed upon us, and are proud of what we have been able to achieve in our first year of operations. I am confident that the team at IBN-Lokmat will continue to bring news that is holistic & immediate in the times to come."

Nikhil Wagle, Editor IBN-Lokmat on completion of one year said, "We are very happy to have successfully completed one year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our viewers for their continuous support. Our endeavor will always be to keep up with our promise of sharing right and honest news first for the viewers."

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